Big Four Bands Thread Round 19: Gothic Rock

[JGuy Grungeman]

People can vote for whatever reason they want as long as the bands have black metal under their belt, even for one album. If that's absurd, then having Sex Pistols as one of the big 4 of punk would be just as absurd because they only did one album, while other famous punk bands have done more. Maybe not the same analogy, but it's about the same level of absurdity. Besides, if he thinks their black metal sound is better than most other black metal bands, why not vote?

EDIT: Plus, I literally just got done with Marrow of the Spirit. I can confirm that album is pure atmospheric black metal.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

Alright whatever



Is that all you're going off? A lot of bands might have black metal in their sound, but it doesn't make them a black metal band. They do it an okay amount but including them as one of the "big 4" black metal bands of all time is absurd.

I could get down with tossing them a mention in some prog or post metal round.

Saying they aren't black metal is absurd. Their sound definitely is driven by heavy black metal roots, but they just incorporate the atmospheric elements much heavier than most others do. Would you call WITTR black metal?

Also, Big Four doesn't mean the most influential/important in this thread, if so I would have used Mayhem and Bathory in my list. It's more about personal favourites.

[Mondo Bungle]

I was under the assumption it was about importance this whole time. Now I'm not as mad.

I still wouldn't call them black metal. The words black metal would probably appear in whatever I do call them though.

Wittr is perfect and flawless black metal.

[JGuy Grungeman]

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

I was under the assumption it was about importance this whole time. Now I'm not as mad.

I still wouldn't call them black metal. The words black metal would probably appear in whatever I do call them though.

Wittr is perfect and flawless black metal.

I've made it perfectly clear before people can vote for whatever they want.

[Mondo Bungle]

Like I read other people's posts

[Aloysius]

Enslaved
Blur Aus Nord
Satyricon
Zyklon

Do Zyklon count? I'm a black metal novice, most of what I like in that field is black mixed with something else.

[The Batlord]

Bathory
Blut Aus Nord
Burzum
Immortal

[Key]

Nobody has mentioned Naglfar. Thread is ****ed.

[JGuy Grungeman]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Bathory
Blut Aus Nord
Burzum
Immortal

What took ya so long?

[Frownland]

Burzum
Weakling
Paysage d'Hiver
Darkthrone